Imran Bunjaku

Imran Bunjaku (born 18 October 1992) is a Kosovar[1] footballer who plays for Swiss Challenge League side FC Schaffhausen as a midfielder.[2][3]

Imran Bunjaku
Personal information
Full name Imran Bunjaku
Date of birth (1992-10-18) 18 October 1992
Place of birth Zürich, Switzerland
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 FC Schaffhausen
Number 8
Youth career
Grasshopper Zürich
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Grasshopper Zürich ll 61 (0)
2013–2014 Grasshopper Zürich 5 (0)
2014– FC Schaffhausen 117 (6)
National team‡
2011–2014 Albania U-21 13 (0)
2014– Kosovo 3 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21 December 2019
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 8 October 2011

International career

Originating from Kosovo with ethnic Albanian parents and born in Switzerland, Bunjaku was eligible to play for Switzerland, Albania and Kosovo if a national team should be formed, but in March 2011 he answered the call by Albania's Under-21 coach Artan Bushati for a non official friendly tournament held in Slovenia.[4]

He officially gained Albanian citizenship on 26 August 2011 along with his Grasshopper team mate Mërgim Brahimi, in order to compete in the UEFA Under-21 Championship qualifiers.[5][6]

Since 2014 Bunjaku also received call-up from Kosovo[7] and he made his debut for Kosovo in a May 2014 friendly match against Senegal and has, as of January 2019, earned a total of 3 caps, scoring 1 goal. [8] However, he yet to make his competitive debut.

References
  1. http://theworldgame.sbs.com.au/article/2014/09/08/berisha-salutes-kosovos-maiden-win
  2. UEFA Profile
  3. Footballdatabase profile
  4. "Bushati merr 10 talentë në Slloveni" (in Albanian). Panorama Sport. 2011-03-16. Archived from the original on 2011-10-04. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  5. "Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë"" (in Albanian). Koha. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  6. "Brahimi e Bunjaku bëhen "shqiptarë"" (in Albanian). RTV 21. 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-08-27.
  7. "Më 31 gusht nis grumbullimi i Përfaqësueses" (in Albanian). Football Federation of Kosovo. 22 August 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  8. "Player Database". eu-football.info. Retrieved 2019-01-27.
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